Monsoon at SAS!

While Gujarat is facing a dry spell, students of SAS decided to bring rain, rainbow and colour to the school campus.

Nature’s most marvelous way of exhibiting colours-the rainbow”
"A rainbow wouldn't be a rainbow if it was missing a single color.”

A VIBGYOR day was celebrated for pre-primary on July 27, 2012.The children learnt about the seven colors of the rainbow. They all came to school dressed in different colored, clothes reminiscent of the colors of the rainbow.For Sr.Kg. students various activities were organized and celebrated as “Monsoon Magic Day.” On the day ‘Make and Eat’ activity was organized. Children were taught to prepare lemonade. They also watched a PPT on water .It was to make them comprehend about the diverse uses of water, sources of water, water animals and rhymes on water. This was further followed by colouring event and the theme was “Monsoon”.

 
Children participated very enthusiastically and enjoyed to the fullest. It was a nice chirpy colourful day.

Sweet Corn Day!!

Sweet corn, sweet corn,

I'll sing a merry tune if I may eat you up.

Sweet corn, sweet corn,

I'll dance around the room and whistle through my cup. 

 

The Jr.kg section of pre-primary went crazy preparing corn chat, a group activity. It involved all the students with the guidance of the staff. The necessary ingredients added extra flavor and made it more sumptuous.

The Electoral process at SAS replicates the Indian electoral process. The Investiture Ceremony that follows is an exercise in exaltation, envisioned to honour the child, the parent and the teacher. The mission is a great awareness of responsibility, service, honour, pride and privilege.

Shanti Asiatic School,Ahmedabad organized an oath taking ceremony for the recently elected team of school prefects on July 22,2012.The team members were brimming with confidence to shoulder the newly assigned duties. The team expressed its gratitude to the election committee for placing confidence in them. The objective of the event was to espouse the confidence, development of leadership qualities and sense of responsibility among the students. The school
has been putting earnest efforts to form the STUDENTS’ COUNCIL every year. This noble gesture was initiated this year also in the month of July, calling nominations for the various posts of students’ council and following the electoral process.

The function began with a prayer song. Depicting through a variety of cultural programmes the relevance of the Indian Philosophy, Saraswati Vandna was sung to seek the blessings of the Almighty. Group songs and shlokas were recited to seek the blessings of the invited parents,  guru and members of the management.

The school Head Girl Akanksha Chowdhay gave the welcome address. It was in a very befitting manner, the badges were pinned and sashes were decorated on the members. Coming to flag receiving ceremony, the Head  Boy,  Sports  Captain, and  House  Captains received school flag, sports flag and house flags respectively from the House Incharges. The team members also took a formal pledge to carry out the duties assigned to them with sincerity and efficiency. It was time to pay respect to the nation and abide by all the values held by the motherland. The Oath was administered by the Principal Mrs Anita Verma in a very solemn manner. 

 

Respecting parents is a value that is given much regard. Where as the mothers pinned the badge of honour, the fathers presented the good luck card, urging the budding leaders to understand their responsibility. It was time for the Council to seek blessings from their teachers and members of the Management.

The Director Mrs Nikita Chiripal blessed and congratulated the Students’Council and urged them to work with honesty and perform their duty well. She also said that one could perform well only if one was impartial.
While congratulating the newly elected members of the Students’ Council, Mrs Sandhya Uday, Vice Principal highlighted on the point that leadership is doing more than expected and it in a blend of responsibility, conduct and character.

This was followed by an inspiring speech by the chief guest Mrs Poonam Saxena, Principal Amrit Firdaus School. She insisted the need to be role models and take up responsibilities in an able manner. She further went on to say that it was important to have faith in oneself. To give back to the society was need of the hour. Mrs Saxena motivated the students with her words of wisdom. She emphasized on the point that it was difficult to change the surrounding but our path could be changed. Pyramid has a broad base, so to reach the top one has to be focused. 

 

Changing guards, the newly elected Head Girl Hema Joshi and the Head Boy Abhijeet Das assured one and all that they will rise to the occasion. The out going Head Boy Amresh Singh and Head Girl Akanksha Choudhary congratulated the newly elected Students’ Council and vowed to continue their constant support.

The grand finale came with the culmination of the song. We shall over come…..

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A Chinese proverb says, “For your country if you plan for a year, sow paddy. If you plan for a decade plant trees and if you plan for the future, nurture YOUTH.

56 students of SAS accompanied by 2 staff members visited the NCC camp at Palan, near Nadiad on July12,2012.It was an amazing experience for the students. Rendezvous with Army officers, trainers, cadets was a life time experience for most of the students. It was time to learn the art of rifle shooting and exhibit the physical fitness skills by undergoing through the obstacle race.

 

NCC inculcates in the youth a sense of nationalism and secular outlook towards building a nation. It channelizes the energy of the youth in constructive pursuits, besides providing thrill and excitement. It makes the youth realize the relationship between the youth and community, community and nature and its inter-dependability.

Feedback from the students.

A mind blowing experience. If ever I get an opportunity to visit the camp, I definitely will.NCC cadets training themselves in scorching heat to be physically tough, inspired me. Rifle shooting was wonderful.

Arjun Shah,Class VIII

Enjoyed learning about the Obstacle Race and Rifle Firing. Also, learnt
how to pitch up tents in 15 minutes.

Nihar Halani,Class VIII

A memorable day. Learnt about the importance of discipline and unity in the life of a student and countrymen. A soldier sacrifices his life for our safety and our tomorrow! Absolutely proud that we got a chance to visit the camp.

Anushka Reddi,Class VIII

Looking forward to our next visit. A thrilling experience.
 

Fauzil Momin,Class VIII

Mouth watering snacks and lunch was served. We were prepared for the activities.  Need to get fitter to jump over the wall. Demonstration for all activities was performed by trained cadets. It was a great feeling-imagining we were  the soldiers, safe guarding our nation.

Chandani Shankar,Class VIII

The students found the movie on the training of cadets very interesting. Heartiest Congratulations to Hardik and Swapnil on winning the firing competition.

Rendezvous with Cartoonist-Ajit Narayan

Cartoonist, Illustrator, Writer, Mr. Ajit Narayan was given a warm welcome on July 17, 2012 by the SAS students’ fraternity. As a consultant for Scholastic India, he has been conducting cartoon workshops in schools within and outside the country. He has been a part of reputed publishing houses for over 14 years now. Memorable day, when the students were transferred to the world of their favourite cartoons.

 

Mr.Narayan taught the skill to change expressions by a minor drift in the angle of a line or geometrical figures. “Geometry, “he said was the lifeline of drawing, a sketch. Students were smart enough to spot various observations from figure to figure and time to time. It was a day when the students honed their skill and drew cartoons of their friends. Various moods-anger, happiness, nervous, worry, shock were depicted in the form of cartoons.Sleeping, tired, content, frustrated…emotions a beautiful mode of expression.

Heartiest Congratulations!!!

Shanti Asiatic Students’ Council: 2012-13

Head Student (Boy)	Abhijeet Das
Head Student (Girl)	Heema Joshi
Asst. Head Student (Boy)	Dhruv Garg
Asst. Head Student (Girl)	Dhanvi Mathur
House Captain (Agni)	Rishya Kapil
Asst. House Captain (Agni)	Naina Kapil
House Captain (Jal)	Kartikey Sharma
Asst. House Captain (Jal)	Harshit Kumar
House Captain (Prithvi)	Gaurika Rathi
Asst. House Captain (Prithvi)	Vaibhav Khanna
House Captain (Vayu)	Yamini Agarwal
Asst. House Captain (Vayu)	Aditya Chaudhary
Sports Captain (Boy)	Sahej Singh
Sports Captain (Girl)	Simran Sadhwani
Vice Sports Captain (Boy)	Arjun Shah
Vice Sports Captain (Girl)	Hetvi Shah

 

Donate Blood-Give a reason to Smile

Shanti Asiatic School is conscious of its social responsibility. The Annual Blood Donation Camp was organized on July12, 2012 at the school campus. Interested parents and well wishers turned up in large numbers to donate blood. Members of the management and staff of SAS, were on the forefront.  It was time to be a hero, a savior.

 

 

A session on the  benefits of blood donation was held much in advance. The concerned authorities educated the audience on how donation helps to alleviate some major health problems like heart diseases. Decreases the risk of Hemachromatosis, genetic diseases caused due to extra iron in the body and cancer by stimulating the production of new blood cells and refreshing the system. Various other facts about blood donation were discussed.

 

 

Blood donations save life every day. They are used in a wide variety of different situations and to treat a large number of different illnesses and conditions. Despite all our medical advances, there is still no good man-made substitute for human blood, which is why blood donations are so important. People donate blood for different reasons.43 volunteers donated blood, they truly believe in the thought-Rakt daan, maha daan.

World Health Organisation has asked its member countries to shift to 100% voluntary non-remunerated blood donation.SAS joins hand to ensure it’s a success.

SAS Students at Divya Bhaskar Art Competition

An art competition was held on the June 22, 2012, organized by Divya Bhaskar in partnership with Aquarius tours and travels. Students from class IV to IX from different schools across Ahmedabad participated to paint on the topic-“SAVE ENVIRONMENT/SAVE WATER”. 

 

Forty-two Students of Shanti Asiatic participated in the competition where they showed their talent using different mediums like oil pastels, sketch pens, poster colors and pencil colors etc. The organizers also introduced Mr. Dhaval, physically challenged, and he gave a quick demonstration of his artistic skills by sketching a picture of Lord Ganesha within 2 minutes of a Ganesha aarti being played simultaneously. This was extremely encouraging for everyone present there. All the students were gifted a box of oil pastels and pencils as a token of appreciation by the organizers. The competition saw a crowd of over 3000 student participants. Shanti Asiatic students not only enjoyed the process of painting during the competition but came back with a great sense of motivation for life.

Election Time at SAS

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat. Yes, its elections of the Student Council for the Academic year 2012-13at SAS

For any institution to function smoothly it is important to have certain rules and regulations. Set of written rules and regulations to safeguard the interest of the beneficiaries, the interest of any institution/country is the constitution. Our school also has its constitution and the student council enables us to enforce all the set rules for smooth functioning. The student council election is part of this process. It started with the announcement in the assembly.

 

Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. Our student leaders were bubbling with enthusiasm and determination, as without enthusiasm and effort nothing can be achieved. The students had to undergo an interview for the selection process. The panel of judges Mrs Nikita Chiripal,Mr Ronak Chiripal,the Vice Principals along with the senior staff members scrutinize and selected the Contestants. Students made promises on a wide variety of subjects like discipline, organizing school functions and events, maintaining uniformity for the student faculty. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments. Total number of posts 32.Set of rules was laid down by the school governing body. The students were told to adhere and follow them strictly. The Do’s and Don’ts, ground rule was also set. It was time to display the cooperative and collaborative attitude of students. The House masters and students were totally charged.

 

July 4, 2012
Submission of Nomination forms for all the posts

July 5, 2012
Interview process for the House Captains and Assistant House Captains were completed.
Duly completed by the Chairman, the Director and Vice Principal.

July 6, 2012
Campaigning by the Contestants.
Promotion by speech, handouts, and posters in allotted areas.

July 7, 2012
The elections were held for the Head Student and the Assistant Head Student.
The votes were cast on Laptops,the Electronic Voting Machine.

July 9, 2012
Selection result for Sports Captains and Vice Sports Captains

July 10, 2012
Campaigning promotions for House Captains and Assistant House Captains.
Agni, Vayu, Jal and Prithvi House

Think big, start small and move fast. Yes, at SAS we produce leaders.

Dr. Ed Sobey’s Workshop @ SAS

World’s experts in learning technology strongly recommend instilling authentic understanding gained through constructivist activities. Schools are most effective in an atmosphere of learning , rather than in one of top-down teaching. Through activities a child learns faster,They apply critical thinking in their analysis and in reporting their projects. The workshop by Dr.Ed Sobey on June 13, 2012 was in a way, a small effort to develop a sense of responsibility for learning and become life long learners.

 

Dr. Ed Sobey Founder of the Kids Invent Toys™ Program & National Toy Hall of Fame, USA. Creator of “Kids Invent Toys™”, one of America’s leading authorities and experts on developing children’s creativity and using invention and enterprise in learning, conducted a workshop for SAS students of classes VI and VII.

More than 100 students, grouped in numbers of 8, participated with full zeal and zest. Each group was given 4-6 wheels, cardboards, straw, thin woody sticks, glue and other necessary stationary. With this material each group was asked to prepare a car that would cover the farthest distance. 

 

It was thrilling for the students to invent a car of their own and apply the scientific principles which they have already learnt in class. This exercise helped them to give a practical shape to their imagination. The students were able to invent the model of their own choice, by continuously improving it, so that it could travel the farthest distances. They learnt from their mistakes and corrected themselves reaching to a final shape of a model of the car that travelled well.

 

The feedback that the students reflected was amazing. Some of the students even exercised the same process of learning at home. The parents on the day of the orientation appreciated the efforts the students as well as that of the teachers.

The learning was phenomenal and a lot of fun element was involved.

Founder’s Day-Time to Renew Dedication

The Fourth Foundation Day at SAS was celebrated with much joy and enthusiasm on Friday, June 15, 2012.It was a perfect time to renew the dedication to the purposes that were defined at the time of the birth of the institution.It was a platform for sharing experiences at SAS.The teaching fraternity was indebted to the Founder’s and thanked them for believing in them, supporting them and bestowing tremendous faith in the staff. The entire faculty unanimously felt that SAS was a Research Centre, Resource Centre-a place to celebrate knowledge. Open Door System of working was appreciated by one and all. They felt it was the right place to grow, where opportunities were abundant. It was one big happy, united lot. The fast growth of SAS as a brand was applauded by one and all. Each staff member was grateful and happy to be associated with SAS.

 

A puja ceremony was performed in the morning, seeking the blessings of the Almighty, in the new SAS building complex. Mrs .Anita Verma, Principal , SAS  welcomed all and expressed her gratitude towards the Board Members .Different sections of the staff members greeted the  dignitaries by offering flowers and sashes to them. The celebration began with an inspirational prayer. It energized the atmosphere. Shri Ved Prakashji, Shri Jyoti Prakashji, Mr. Deepak Chiripal, Mrs. Nikita Chiripal, Mr .Ronak Chiripal, Mr .Vikas Agarwal, were the dignitaries present on the dais.

The pillars of SAS were present to strengthen the foundation and laid stress on team building. Shri Ved Prakashji laid stress on spreading happiness. He beautifully put across the noble idea of being a giver and not just living for oneself.  Mr Jyoti Prakash ji welcomed all the members and congratulated all for successfully completing three fruitful years. He inspired the teachers to motivate the students to earn name and fame for themselves, their family and SAS. Mr. Deepak Chiripal said that it was time to rethink and reflect as the world was changing at a very fast pace. World is evolving. The teachers and students both have to be a learning organization.

Students only need to be chiseled and dusted. Mr. Vikas Agarwal felt it was time to evolve as generation was evolving at a fast pace. One needs to be open to learning and new education.

 

The jubilation came to an end with the cake cutting ceremony. The SAS team reaffirmed in the belief to let the fragrance of education spread.